A Story Of Min
In the dim light of the fire, a small girl sat alone and worked. The silence was only broken by the scratching of her quill and the flutter of turning pages. This was not an unusual thing for her to be doing on a Friday night at the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, even though all of her year was out having fun. Being a first year, you'd expect her to try an join in, but no, she just sat there by the fire, finishing the work she should have been doing in about fourth year.
Sometimes she cried, letting out the loneliness that was so deep that only she could feel it. More often she just bottled it, doing so for years and years- until he arrived.
~
By her fourth year Minerva McGonagall had finished all the work given to even the seventh years, and might have just as well gone out into the world, armed with all of the information she had collected. But who in their right mind would allow a fourteen year old to go out and start leading their own life? Definitely no one she knew. So Minerva stayed at Hogwarts, as she had decided to do for the rest of her life, studying to be a professor. She was sort of like an apprentice to the Transfiguration teacher, and took over quite a lot, since he was incredibly unreliable. On the first day of her sixth year, Minerva began to teach two periods of transfiguration a day, when she wasn't in her other classes. The sad thing for her was, not one student realized that she wasn't a professor, and still never tried to be her friend.
Being sixteen and not having a single friend, or ever had one before, makes your life extremely depressing. (a/n: we are going back to before her 6th year starts- on the Hogwarts Express, at kings cross station)
~
Minerva, unhappy about having to spend another lonely year at hogwarts, lugged her trunk into an empty compartment, feeling waves of homesickness already. She sat next to the window and stared out, wondering if this year anything interesting would happen. Just as she was thinking that, a soft knock came on her compartment door. Startled by the thought of human interaction, she jumped up, looking at the door.
There was a small boy standing outside it, looking rather scared.
"oh," thought Minerva unhappily, " he's just lost, I suppose…"
but, nevertheless, she got up and opened the door. She looked at the boy, wondering if he was really a first year, as he was nearly as tall as she.
" can I sit in here with you?" the boy asked rather quietly.
Minerva looked rather surprised that someone wanted to share a compartment with her and stared at him over the rims of her square spectacles.
" er… all right, it's not as though I was waiting for someone"
The boy smiled and pulled his trunk in, then sat down beside her.
"Remus Lupin," he said, extending a hand.
"Minerva McGonagall," she replied, shaking his hand.
"so, Remus, you're a first year?"
"yea, how about you?"
"I'm in sixth year."
Remus frowned, looking up at Minerva inquisitively
"where are all of your friends?"
Minerva thought for a minute whether to lie to him, but upon looking into his eyes, she decided against it.
" I haven't got any."
"why not?"
Minerva shrugged and looked out the window.
" well, I haven't either, will you be my friend?"
Minerva smiled at remus, who grinned back, and nodded. They spent quite a while talking happily about everything from broomsticks to Hogwarts, to every flavor beans. In the middle of their talk about chocolate frog cards, there came a knock on the door. It wasn't a soft knock but a rather loud bang, and it was only a few seconds before it opened the door itself.
There were two more boys standing there. One was tall (and rather good looking thought Minerva) with long shaggy dark hair, the other a bit shorter with glasses and short messy black hair and brown eyes. The second one was holding a deck of cards.
"anyone for a game of exploding snap?" said the boy with the cards.
The tall one elbowed him
"some gentleman you are, Jamie-boy, you didn't even introduce yourself!" said the tall one rather mockingly.
'jamie-boy' didn't seem to notice he was being made fun of.
" oh, my apologies, I'm James Potter," he said.
the tall one rolled his eyes at James's expense and said, " Sirius Black."
Remus and Minerva introduced themselves and sat down for a game of exploding snap, talking the whole time.
"so what do you do in sixth year?" asked Sirius.
"well, what I do most likely won't be what you do," replied Minerva.
"what's that, then?"
"well… I take potions, astronomy, charms…"
"so? We'll do all that too!" said James.
"…. And I teach transfiguration," added Minerva.
"you what?"
Minerva smiled at the surprised looks on their faces, " yes, I teach transfiguration, mainly first and second year, so I'll probably have you all."
"you can't give us detentions, can you?" asked Sirius nervously.
Minerva nodded
"Awwwwww man…"
Minerva laughed, " I'm not a man!"
"that's right! You're a mouse! Minnie mouse," said James
Minerva looked at them severely
" I am not a mouse, nor will you call me Minnie."
Sirius looked at her smirking, " all right, Professor, we'll settle for Min, Minerva is just plain too long."
Minerva shrugged and decided that sacrifice of her name is a good trade for three new friends.
~
At the end of the train ride Hagrid, a massive man who looked a bit alarming in the light of the new moon, allowed 'Min' to ride in the boat with Remus, Sirius, James, and a little boy named peter, whom James seemed to feel sorry for.
When they arrived at the castle all of the boys were awed by the sight of the castle and needed to be pushed by Minerva to stop them from standing, staring, in the entrance hall all night.
Professor Binns showed them into the great hall, where Minerva winked at them and went to sit at the Gryffindor table.
"Artley, Brandon!" was yelled by Binns as a young blonde boy sat on the stool and placed the sorting hat on his head.
"RAVENCLAW!" shouted the hat.
"Attelbet, Sally!"
" HUFFLEPUFF!" was followed with tumultuous applause.
Minerva didn't pay attention for a bit, chatting with Nearly Headless Nick.
"Black, Sirius!"
Minerva's head snapped up as Sirius walked up to the stool and put on the sorting hat.
" GRYFFINDOR!"
Minerva smiled and joined in with applauding Sirius as the first new Gryffindor. Sirius came and sat down next to her, looking rather relieved at being in Gryffindor.
"It wasn't that bad, was it?" min asked, upon seeing the look on his face.
"no, just really nerve-wracking to have the whole hall staring at you."
Min nodded and looked back up at the hat.
"Evans, Lily!"
A rather small, red headed girl with brilliantly green eyes strode up to the hat looking nervous, more so than Sirius. Through the crowd Minerva saw James goggling at her and laughed. Sirius noticed this also.
"aaah, Jamie-boy's only been here a few minutes and he's already got his eye on a girl!" laughed Sirius.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
the girl got up and sit down at the table across from Minerva and Sirius.
"hello," said Minerva, eager to make more acquaintances, " welcome to Gyffindor."
The girl smiled and looked up
"hello, I'm Lily Evans."
"Sirius Black."
"Minerva McGonagall."
They all shook hands and began talking when
"Lupin, Remus!"
"sshhhhhhhhhh!" said Min, her eyes on remus as he walked up to the stool.
"GRFFINDOR!"
Lily, Sirius, and Minerva clapped as Remus sat on min's other side. Lily was introduced and they began discussing families when
"Pettigrew, Peter!"
"that kid was in our boat!" said Sirius.
"Gryffindor!"
there was scattered applause while peter came and sat beside Sirius.
" Potter, James!"
Sirius, remus, and Minerva all had their fingers crossed.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
there was quite a lot of applause and James came to sit beside Lily.
"er… hello," said lily, looking sideways at James.
"Hello," said James, blushing a bit.
Sirius sighed exasperatedly, " oh great… what a couple you two are."
James hit him from across the table and shrugged, grinning at Lily. Minerva and Remus rolled their eyes. As the night progressed, and they all talked and laughed, it seemed as though life could not be better. How could Minerva have missed out on this before?
((A/N: sorry this fic is so silly, it's old and outdated- but it gets SO much better, if only my stupid computer will allow me to upload the others- REVIEW please!))
In the dim light of the fire, a small girl sat alone and worked. The silence was only broken by the scratching of her quill and the flutter of turning pages. This was not an unusual thing for her to be doing on a Friday night at the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, even though all of her year was out having fun. Being a first year, you'd expect her to try an join in, but no, she just sat there by the fire, finishing the work she should have been doing in about fourth year.
Sometimes she cried, letting out the loneliness that was so deep that only she could feel it. More often she just bottled it, doing so for years and years- until he arrived.
~
By her fourth year Minerva McGonagall had finished all the work given to even the seventh years, and might have just as well gone out into the world, armed with all of the information she had collected. But who in their right mind would allow a fourteen year old to go out and start leading their own life? Definitely no one she knew. So Minerva stayed at Hogwarts, as she had decided to do for the rest of her life, studying to be a professor. She was sort of like an apprentice to the Transfiguration teacher, and took over quite a lot, since he was incredibly unreliable. On the first day of her sixth year, Minerva began to teach two periods of transfiguration a day, when she wasn't in her other classes. The sad thing for her was, not one student realized that she wasn't a professor, and still never tried to be her friend.
Being sixteen and not having a single friend, or ever had one before, makes your life extremely depressing. (a/n: we are going back to before her 6th year starts- on the Hogwarts Express, at kings cross station)
~
Minerva, unhappy about having to spend another lonely year at hogwarts, lugged her trunk into an empty compartment, feeling waves of homesickness already. She sat next to the window and stared out, wondering if this year anything interesting would happen. Just as she was thinking that, a soft knock came on her compartment door. Startled by the thought of human interaction, she jumped up, looking at the door.
There was a small boy standing outside it, looking rather scared.
"oh," thought Minerva unhappily, " he's just lost, I suppose…"
but, nevertheless, she got up and opened the door. She looked at the boy, wondering if he was really a first year, as he was nearly as tall as she.
" can I sit in here with you?" the boy asked rather quietly.
Minerva looked rather surprised that someone wanted to share a compartment with her and stared at him over the rims of her square spectacles.
" er… all right, it's not as though I was waiting for someone"
The boy smiled and pulled his trunk in, then sat down beside her.
"Remus Lupin," he said, extending a hand.
"Minerva McGonagall," she replied, shaking his hand.
"so, Remus, you're a first year?"
"yea, how about you?"
"I'm in sixth year."
Remus frowned, looking up at Minerva inquisitively
"where are all of your friends?"
Minerva thought for a minute whether to lie to him, but upon looking into his eyes, she decided against it.
" I haven't got any."
"why not?"
Minerva shrugged and looked out the window.
" well, I haven't either, will you be my friend?"
Minerva smiled at remus, who grinned back, and nodded. They spent quite a while talking happily about everything from broomsticks to Hogwarts, to every flavor beans. In the middle of their talk about chocolate frog cards, there came a knock on the door. It wasn't a soft knock but a rather loud bang, and it was only a few seconds before it opened the door itself.
There were two more boys standing there. One was tall (and rather good looking thought Minerva) with long shaggy dark hair, the other a bit shorter with glasses and short messy black hair and brown eyes. The second one was holding a deck of cards.
"anyone for a game of exploding snap?" said the boy with the cards.
The tall one elbowed him
"some gentleman you are, Jamie-boy, you didn't even introduce yourself!" said the tall one rather mockingly.
'jamie-boy' didn't seem to notice he was being made fun of.
" oh, my apologies, I'm James Potter," he said.
the tall one rolled his eyes at James's expense and said, " Sirius Black."
Remus and Minerva introduced themselves and sat down for a game of exploding snap, talking the whole time.
"so what do you do in sixth year?" asked Sirius.
"well, what I do most likely won't be what you do," replied Minerva.
"what's that, then?"
"well… I take potions, astronomy, charms…"
"so? We'll do all that too!" said James.
"…. And I teach transfiguration," added Minerva.
"you what?"
Minerva smiled at the surprised looks on their faces, " yes, I teach transfiguration, mainly first and second year, so I'll probably have you all."
"you can't give us detentions, can you?" asked Sirius nervously.
Minerva nodded
"Awwwwww man…"
Minerva laughed, " I'm not a man!"
"that's right! You're a mouse! Minnie mouse," said James
Minerva looked at them severely
" I am not a mouse, nor will you call me Minnie."
Sirius looked at her smirking, " all right, Professor, we'll settle for Min, Minerva is just plain too long."
Minerva shrugged and decided that sacrifice of her name is a good trade for three new friends.
~
At the end of the train ride Hagrid, a massive man who looked a bit alarming in the light of the new moon, allowed 'Min' to ride in the boat with Remus, Sirius, James, and a little boy named peter, whom James seemed to feel sorry for.
When they arrived at the castle all of the boys were awed by the sight of the castle and needed to be pushed by Minerva to stop them from standing, staring, in the entrance hall all night.
Professor Binns showed them into the great hall, where Minerva winked at them and went to sit at the Gryffindor table.
"Artley, Brandon!" was yelled by Binns as a young blonde boy sat on the stool and placed the sorting hat on his head.
"RAVENCLAW!" shouted the hat.
"Attelbet, Sally!"
" HUFFLEPUFF!" was followed with tumultuous applause.
Minerva didn't pay attention for a bit, chatting with Nearly Headless Nick.
"Black, Sirius!"
Minerva's head snapped up as Sirius walked up to the stool and put on the sorting hat.
" GRYFFINDOR!"
Minerva smiled and joined in with applauding Sirius as the first new Gryffindor. Sirius came and sat down next to her, looking rather relieved at being in Gryffindor.
"It wasn't that bad, was it?" min asked, upon seeing the look on his face.
"no, just really nerve-wracking to have the whole hall staring at you."
Min nodded and looked back up at the hat.
"Evans, Lily!"
A rather small, red headed girl with brilliantly green eyes strode up to the hat looking nervous, more so than Sirius. Through the crowd Minerva saw James goggling at her and laughed. Sirius noticed this also.
"aaah, Jamie-boy's only been here a few minutes and he's already got his eye on a girl!" laughed Sirius.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
the girl got up and sit down at the table across from Minerva and Sirius.
"hello," said Minerva, eager to make more acquaintances, " welcome to Gyffindor."
The girl smiled and looked up
"hello, I'm Lily Evans."
"Sirius Black."
"Minerva McGonagall."
They all shook hands and began talking when
"Lupin, Remus!"
"sshhhhhhhhhh!" said Min, her eyes on remus as he walked up to the stool.
"GRFFINDOR!"
Lily, Sirius, and Minerva clapped as Remus sat on min's other side. Lily was introduced and they began discussing families when
"Pettigrew, Peter!"
"that kid was in our boat!" said Sirius.
"Gryffindor!"
there was scattered applause while peter came and sat beside Sirius.
" Potter, James!"
Sirius, remus, and Minerva all had their fingers crossed.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
there was quite a lot of applause and James came to sit beside Lily.
"er… hello," said lily, looking sideways at James.
"Hello," said James, blushing a bit.
Sirius sighed exasperatedly, " oh great… what a couple you two are."
James hit him from across the table and shrugged, grinning at Lily. Minerva and Remus rolled their eyes. As the night progressed, and they all talked and laughed, it seemed as though life could not be better. How could Minerva have missed out on this before?
((A/N: sorry this fic is so silly, it's old and outdated- but it gets SO much better, if only my stupid computer will allow me to upload the others- REVIEW please!))